Washing-machine



(fio Model.)

. E. E. WILLIS.

WASHING MAGHINE.

Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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EDGAR E. 'l'LLlS, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,211, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed April 12, 1888. $eria1No. 270,446. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR E. ILLIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Yashing-Wiachines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washing-machine embodying the invention. of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the agitator, detached.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the suds-box, square in horizontal section, and with its sides converging downward to its flat bottom. One of the sides of the suds-box has at its edges arms projecting above the adjoining sides, and secured to said arms is the board a, to the upper edge of which a wringer of any desired construction may be attached. Below the board a, the cleat a is secured to the wall of the sudsboX, and to the opposite wall, at its top, is secured, by end blocks, the bar (L The said bar and cleat serve as handles for conveying the machine.

B is the lid of the suds-box, hinged to a transverse strip, 1), secured to the upper edge of the wall, to which the bar a is attached and with its upper surface flush with the edges of the adjoining walls. The door rests 011 each side upon supporting-strips 17', secured to the inner surfaces of said adjoining walls, and also has its upper surface flush with the edges thereof.

Z) is a board secured to said walls at its ends and at its outer edge to the wall supporting the board a. The board 1) supports the free end of the lid and has pivoted upon it a button, 12 that can be turned over the said edge to hold the lid closed and keep it practically steanrtight.

O C are quadrantal castings provided with upstanding flanges c on their straight edges,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

which flanges are united at the angles of the castings and fit upon the lower corners of the suds-box, to which the castings are secured by screws or otherwise. The said castings are provided with outwardly-standing sockets c to receive the upper ends of the outwardly -inclining detachable legs 0 upon which the suds-box rest-s.

D is a casting, the plate portion (1 of which is attached to the lid by screws or otherwise. (1 is a bridge integral with said plate portion and having upon the central part the opposite outstanding trunnions, (1 for the hubs of the similar bevel gearwheels, E E, which face each other, and are provided with the lever-handles e 6, respectively, the trunnions being held in their seats by set-screws (1 The said gear-wheels mesh at opposite points with the bevel-pinion F, secured to the upper end of the oscillatory agitator-rod f, which passcsthrough and has a suitable bearing in the lid. G is the agitator, pro vided with the four similar depending arms 9. Two of the arms are formed integral with the disk g, and the other two formed integral with disk g. The two disks g g are placed upon each other so as to come flush on all sides and are held together by bolts 9 The agitator is of white metal, and the arms, which are equidistant, curve out from the edge of the disk, as at g and then extend vertically downward, having enlarged and rounded ends 9.

To operate the machine, the handles 6 e are grasped in the hands and moved to and d can be withdrawn from their seats, and 9 either or both of the gear-wheels E E can be quickly and easily dismounted after loosenin g the set-screws (i which hold the trunnions in their seats. This is a positive and great advantage, as one of the gear-wheels might be broken, and the construction permits the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ready substitution of a perfect one therefor. my own I have hereto affixed my signature in l laving described in y invention, 1 elai1n presence of two witnesses. In a washing-niaehine, the oscillatory agi- 5 tutor consisting of the disks g g, of equal EDGAR E. WILLIS.

diameter, each having the integral opposite V depending arms curving outwardly from \Vitnesses: the disk and extending Vertically (l1'l\\'llWt1'd, L. J. TRUSSELL, and the bolts to connect the disks then to- J. H. DURFEE.

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